Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
AFTER ÉDOUARD BALDUS (1813-89)
Ailly sur Somme
1890 copy after 1855 originalCarbon print made from a salted paper print original | 32.5 x 44.7 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2584488
Photograph of the town of Ailly sur Somme, near Amiens. At the centre of the photograph, in the middle ground, is a church with a sharp steeple roof tower. Beside the church, on the left, is a ruined chateau.
This photograph is part of an album of prints presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a memento of their state visit to France from 18-27 August 1855
Creator(s)
After Édouard Baldus (1813-89) (photographer)
Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)
32.5 x 44.7 cm (whole object)
- Presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- France
- Picardy [France]
- Ailly sur Somme [France]
- Picardy [France]
- France
- Europe
- Geography
- Travels & exploration
- Royal visits & tours
- Royal visits & tours-France
- Royal visits & tours-France 1855
- Royal visits & tours-France
- Royal visits & tours
- Travels & exploration
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Christian church architecture
- Churches
- Christian church architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Architecture
- Places
